Estimación de huella de carbono para florícola ECOROSES S.A. basándose en la metodología GHG Protocol mediante una calculadora de huella de carbono.

Abstract

Within the global flower industry, Ecuador is the third largest exporter of roses. International markets have high standards in terms of tolerance of pests and diseases in the flower, for which they demand care and monitoring in its cultivation, this being the main reason for the use of agricultural and phytosanitary products, additionally, buyers request that companies generate socio-environmental sustainability commitments and seek that they have evidence to support this. An essential factor to attract new customers is the calculation and reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG). For this reason, the present seeks to provide a tool to the floricultural sector for the estimation of the business carbon footprint through the GHG Protocol methodology. The compilation of business data for the year 2018 and the emission factors taken from the IPCC and Ecoinvent V2.2 resulted in the carbon footprint of the ECOROSES company being 3.03 kgCO2eq/kg of Exported Rose. For this reason, environmental practices will be improved for a progressive reduction in the amount of emissions generated, taking as axes the recycling of waste and the generation of compost, the use of fertilizers, the use of residual water, energy savings and the reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels.